2006 Georgia Code - 33-20A-70

33-20A-70. (a) There is created as a joint committee of the General Assembly the Joint Committee to Study Prescription Costs in State Funded Health Care Plans. The committee shall be composed of three members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and three members of the Senate to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. The members of the committee shall be appointed no later than May 1, 2005. The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall each designate one of the members appointed to serve as cochairpersons of the committee. The committee shall meet at the call of the cochairpersons. (b) The committee may conduct such meetings at such places and at such times as it may deem necessary or convenient to enable it to exercise fully and effectively its powers, perform its duties, and accomplish the objectives and purposes of this Code section. (c) The committee shall study and review prior authorization, formularies, and any other related issues with respect to coverage of prescription drugs under any state funded health care plans, including, but not limited to, plans and health care services offered, established, and provided pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45, Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49, and Article 13 of Chapter 5 of Title 49. In the event the committee makes a report of its findings and recommendations, with suggestions for proposed legislation, if any, such report shall be made on or before December 31, 2005. (d) The Department of Community Health shall cooperate with the committee and its authorized personnel in order that the committee may efficiently and effectively carry out its duties. The Department of Community Health shall submit to the committee such reports and data as the committee shall reasonably require of said department in order that the committee may adequately inform itself. (e) The members of the committee shall receive the same expenses and allowances for their services on the committee as are authorized by law for members of interim legislative study committees. The expenses and allowances authorized by this subsection shall not be received by any member of the committee for more than five days unless additional days are authorized by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. The funds necessary for the purposes of the committee shall come from the funds appropriated to and available to the legislative branch of government. (f) The committee shall stand abolished and this Code section shall be automatically repealed on December 31, 2005.

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